John Wayne Savoy, 23, was last seen January 19, 1980, near the northern end of the Morganza Spillway by the Mississippi River in Morganza, Louisiana. He was reportedly in the company of a friend that day and has had no contact with family or authorities since. At the time he disappeared he was described as a white male, about 5 feet 7 inches tall, 140 pounds, with brown hair and bluish-green eyes, possibly wearing a faded purple t-shirt and blue jeans.

The disappearance was reported to the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff’s Office; the case file was formally entered into their records in 2018 and remains open. Family members have lived with the uncertainty for decades — an obituary for his brother Lonnie Savoy in 2007 lists John Wayne Savoy as predeceased, reflecting the unresolved loss.

Very few details are known about what led up to the moment he vanished. Does anyone have memories of that area or information about John Savoy from around January 1980 that could help bring answers to his family?